Given name & surname
Panagiotis
“most holy”
Panagiotis is a masculine given name from Greek.
Original GreekΠαναγιώτης
Meaning & origin
What it means
Panagiotis is a romanization of Παναγιώτης. Παναγιώτης goes back to a word meaning “most holy.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Panagiotis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,320
- 1,320 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,665 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,665 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 21.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,966 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Panagiotis’s family of names
Panagiotis has a feminine form in Panagiota. In English usage, Panagiotis has a related form in PANAYIOTIS. In English usage, Panagiotis has a related form in PANAYOTIS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Panagiotis
- Panayiotis PikrammenosGreek judge and Acting prime minister of Greece from 16 May to 20 June 2012born 1945
- Panagiotis KoneGreek footballer (born 1987)
- Panagiotis TachtsidisGreek footballer (born 1991)
- Panagiotis GlykosGreek footballerborn 1986
- Panagiotis KanellopoulosGreek politician (1902-1986)
- Panagiotis GiannakisGreek basketball player and coachborn 1959
- Panagiotis ParaskevopoulosGreek discus thrower (1875–1956)
- Panagiotis RetsosGreek association football playerborn 1998
- Panagiotis PipinelisGreek politician (1899–1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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